changeset 10403:23c9ebca2e24

Strings attached to codecs.conf explained. Based on a patch by Andrew Church <achurch@achurch.org>.
author diego
date Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:35:34 +0000
parents 703d1b700b71
children fdcb22f51ec3
files DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
diffstat 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml	Wed Jul 09 17:22:17 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml	Wed Jul 09 17:35:34 2003 +0000
@@ -664,8 +664,9 @@
 </para></question>
 <answer><para>
 You have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> at
-<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>. Upgrade it from
-<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>.
+<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
+<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
+<filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it.
 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> you have the <option>vc=</option> option or
 something similar in your config file(s).
 </para></answer>
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml	Wed Jul 09 17:22:17 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml	Wed Jul 09 17:35:34 2003 +0000
@@ -449,6 +449,18 @@
 </para>
 
 <para>
+Note that if you have a <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
+<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>,  the builtin and system
+<filename>codecs.conf</filename> will be ignored completely.
+Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with MPlayer internals as this can
+can cause many problems.  If you want to change the codecs search order, use
+the <option>-vc</option>, <option>-ac</option>, <option>-vfm</option>,
+or <option>-afm</option> options either on the command line or in your
+config file (see the manual page).
+</para>
+
+
+<para>
 Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple.
 Just exec
 <screen>fakeroot debian/rules binary</screen>